Hello everyone,
I recently took in a new snake as a rescue from a local school. Unfortunately the person I got the snake from took it from a student who went off to college and didn’t know what type of snake it is. I could use some help identifying the animal to give it the best possible husbandry. Thank you if you can help.
It is a Boa, not sure what locality.
Please make sure you are actually ready to take on this animal. Depending on what type of Boa this is, it can easily grow past 7 feet and weigh 25+ pounds, that may not seem like a lot in weight but these snakes are the most muscle dense of the large snake species and can be very challenging to handle. It might need a lot of room as an adult (300+ gallons equivalent enclosure) and might need large meals (rabbits, piglets, chickens, jumbo rats).
Guaging the size of this one starting at a 120gal enclosure and letting them grow into it for a little bit is alright, but you’ll need to expect to move up in enclosure size as they grow. They need horizontal and vertical space, they do climb.
No higher than 90°F basking spot, 84-86°F warm side and 72-75°F cool side, 65% ambient humidity.
I need more pictures of the snake to accurately estimate what it needs to be eating currently. It’ll also help to ID what locality this one possibly is.
So I guessed boa and set up the enclosure as such. Unfortunately this snake had a large amount of stuck shed so after a long soak and rub down I will need to treat again for the shed. I just couldn’t stress the snake out more so am letting them enjoy a higher humidity enclosure and hopefully get most of the remaining shed off themselves. Here are some more
This boa is one of the dwarf boa localities. They average around 4 to 5 feet but it will not get over 6 feet. My guess would be a Sonoran, Nicaraguan, or Mexican BCI boa. Leaning more towards the Mexican boa.
